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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2008
... annual general meetings. Yesterday, the Australian share market plunged almost six per cent to a four year low following heavy falls on Wall Street after the US government refused to buy banks' soured mortgage assets. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index dived ...

Market Wrap - Midday

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
The Australian sharemarket was over four per cent lower at noon following heavy losses in the banking sector. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 177.4 points, or 4.32 per cent, at 3,930.4 while the broader All Ordinaries index dropped ...

Mine's bigger than yours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... the IMF expected Britain to still maintain positive economic growth. The UK, like its global peers, is finding that the heavy load of falling consumer spending, business bankruptcies, declining exports and general loss of confidence due to diminishing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2008
... sharemarket is expected to open higher today after US stocks gained on Friday as investors saw buying opportunities following heavy falls earlier in the week. At 0738 AEDT, the December Share Price Index futures contract on the Sydney Futures Exchange ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2008
... global financial crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 305.45 points, or 3.28 per cent, to 9,625.28 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 53.79 points, or 3.12 per cent, to 1,780.12. The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 39.45 points, or 4.08 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2008
... worries. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 5.42 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 9,319.59 at the closing bell, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 5.23 points, or 0.30 per cent, to 1,726.18. The broad-market Standard & Poor's 500 index slipped ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2008
The Australian sharemarket was just over one per cent lower at noon with the major miners weighing on the market following a fall in commodity prices overnight. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 was down 53.7 points, or 1.34 per cent, at 3947.4 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... years," Ms Saly said. Last Friday in the US, the Dow Jones dropped 5.4 per cent, the S&P 500 lost 6.8 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell by 9.3 per cent. Ms Saly said the local banking sector was down about three per cent at noon. At 1207 AEDT ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2008
... points, or 3.59 per cent, to 8,378.95, in a volatile session that saw the blue-chip index down as much as 500 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq shed 51.88 points, or 3.23 per cent, to 1,552.03 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 31.34 points, or ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
... exceptionally weaker today, considering the weak lead that we saw out of the European and US markets," Mr Lewis said. "We're seeing heavy falls across the board and... that's concentrated in the resources and materials sector. "We saw base metals take ...